Power and Glory: 500 Years of Royal Influence and Fashion
by Calloway, Stephen Jones, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 1855100673
- ISBN 13
- 9781855100671
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Pyramid Books, part of Reed International.* Binding and cover condition: Mid-green cloth with ivory title to spine and face. No bumps. Minor rubs to lower edges and to head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust jacket in clear film wrapper with black title to spine and white title to face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £20.00. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Sepia tone illustrated end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to end papers, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, prints and illustrations throughout.* Pages: 203 pp. text. v pp. bibliography. index & acknowledgements at rear.* Description: A sumptuously illustrated study of art collecting and conspicuous display in the royal houses of Europe. Royal collectors and connoisseurs, tastemakers and trendsetters, from the sixteenth century to the present day.* A VG copy of the 1st. edition thus, 1st. impression, with only minor faults.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4465
- Title
- Power and Glory: 500 Years of Royal Influence and Fashion
- Author
- Calloway, Stephen Jones, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, thus, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1855100673
- ISBN 13
- 9781855100671
- Publisher
- Pyramid Books,
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 208
- Date Published
- 1991-09-26
- Size
- 25.8 x 24 x 2.2 cm
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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